Your Example is Your Best Leadership Skill

In this week's episode, Ricardo talks about the relevance of being a role model and an example to foster leadership and improve results.

Without being an example of behavior, character, ethics, and determination is impossible for you to lead a team effectively.

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Ricardo: Hello everyone, welcome to the 5 Minutes Podcast Today. I like to talk about leading by example. In of course, when you hear this, you do you think, okay, this is more of the same we are talking that leadership is important, that we need to lead in an effective way. Yes, yes. But we don't need a podcast to talk about that. I'm talking about the power of your example. So if you are leading your project, you need to understand that those who report to you, those who are working with you, those that are less senior than you, working in your team, they look to you, and they see a source of inspiration and example.

So if you act in one way, you will inspire and give them a valid and positive example. If you do everything wrong, you are driving and giving a very poor example. Let me give you a couple of examples. The first one, you talk that people need to be organized, that everything is a mess. Then you go to your desk, and your desk is a mess! At home, your wardrobe is a mess, your car is a mess.

So how do you think I will, as an intern in your company, work with you on a project, what did you think I will feel? I will feel, oh, this is a perfect key, he has such a selective example. In something, he's extremely sharp in order things. he or she is not sharp at all.

You know life is not so simple; we are far more complex. So there is an intricate set of pieces that make who we are. So you need to walk the talk. So if you are talking about your ability at the people need to have the ability to listen and respect others, you must be the first one to listen and to respect, because otherwise you will be like the doctor that you are sick and you visit a doctor, and the doctor takes a cigarette., and while attorney the cigarette on, tell you, you must stop smoking.

How do you feel when you leave this doctor's appointment, knowing that a doctor told you to stop smoking with a cigarette in his or her hands, it doesn't make sense because it's the power of the example. If you are dad or mum, you know what I'm talking about. Imagine your kids. Imagine the ability your kids have to learn from you mostly when you do things wrongly, right? For example, if you don't want them to drink soda with a soda can in your hands, it's very hard to raise their respect and the fellowship you want them to learn.

So, is all about the example in the example is one of the key drivers to bring your project to a successful result or a poor result. Think with me now; imagine the last project you did, that was amazing, incredible, super cool, super nice, with great results. Go back and check who was leading it; you will see that the person that was leading inspired you, the person that was leading was a source of stimulus and a positive example for you.

On the opposite side, It's absolutely the same. So when you see a catastrophic project, everything going wrong, what happens again? Is the power of example, because imagine if your leader, the CEO of your company, starts saying everything
will go wrong, everybody is incompetent, all the people here are incompetent

Over time, this kind of mindset, it's something like contaminates you, because this is a contamination law is a fact. Did you see when you live together or work together with someone that is extremely pessimistic, what happened at the end? You become contaminated by that pessimism. And the opposite is the same. If you work with someone that is clearly motivated, that is a team maker, is someone that brings people together. What happens?

People get that same feeling, that same happiness. And this is exactly what leading by example is about. So you need to think, and this is all about project results and project success. So, if you think with me, what is a key area that I need to spend the time on when I evolve in my professional career? It's how you can be a great example for those who are following you. For example, even today, I am okay with a career in, I would say in a solid moment, but I'm still studying.

I'm still doing those certifications. I'm still trying to investigate, trying to do courses, trying to read, trying to learn different things. And why I do that? Because how I will stimulate my two daughters, how will it stimulates the young generations to fight for their space, to fight for their opportunities instead of just being that negative. It's by giving an example, because if you found time to study and prepare for a certification other people will see that it's possible for them to do, because it's very easy to give an excuse and we can see this so easily today with COVID, you saw the power of the global leaders, and you can see the power of personalities celebrities

You know, if they don't use masks, people stop using a mask. If they say, I don't believe in this; people don't. So when you are in a leading position, you need to be responsible because you are an example for those who follow you, a good or a bad example; this is what I need you to think this week. So let's work hard to be a good example for us, for our society, because projects are one of the best ways to create a positive change in a positive impact in our society.

I hope you enjoy this podcast and see you next week with another five Minutes Podcast.

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